Chile vs Argentina Predictions

• Both teams scored in just one of Chile’s last seven matches.
• Argentina have kept six consecutive clean sheets ahead of this clash.
• Both teams scored in just two of the last seven H2Hs on Chilean soil.

Chile are feeling the heat

With just four games remaining of this CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying (WCQ) cycle, Chile remain outside of the qualification spots and risk missing out on back-to-back World Cup finals for the first time since 2002-06 if they don’t pick up quickly.

However, they face an unbeaten Argentina, who have already qualified for Qatar though they will be eyeing the record of becoming the first side to go unbeaten in an 18-game CONMEBOL WCQ cycle.

Argentina set to shut up shop

The main prediction potentially hinges on whether Argentina can keep a seventh straight clean sheet. The visitors have conceded fewer WCQ goals than all but Brazil (0.46 on average) while scoring 1.54 on average in this cycle, which suggests a tight win to nil could be on the cards.

Overall, I predict that one or no sides will score here as Argentina could just about edge this by a 1-0 scoreline. The visitors possess greater quality across the field than Chile and the motivation to keep pace with arch rivals Brazil could outweigh Chile’s desperation to qualify.